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A very successful tournament to start the season, and well supported by families and friends of players.

Results were as follows :-

Girls Group

Winner -
Millie Green

&

Runner up -
Chloe Edge

Boys Group A

Winner -
Daniel Jones

&

Runner Up -
Vlad Hriblan

Boys Group B

Winner -
Austin Arnold

&

Runner Up -
Tom Grieveson

Boys Group C

Winner -
Adam Amer

&

Runner Up -
Michael Johnson

Denise Peat Prize

&

Special Award

Rishi Sanganee

Will Davies

Denise Peat Prize:
Presented annually to a player who the committee felt showed sportsmanship, support of partners and consistent effort.
It was an extremely difficult decision to make as so many of the players matched this criteria.

Special Award: A special award was given this time to a player who was considerably younger than anyone else but battled good naturedly all afternoon.

Tournaments in 2012/13

Mixed Double

Juniors

Marshall Trophy

Mixed Doubles Tournament Saturday 4th March 2013
Held at Barnwell Leisure Centre.
The results were as follows -

A very high standard tournament, with 23 boys and 5 girls taking part. The games were very competitive but played in a good spirit which gave the committee a headache
to decide the winner of the Denise Peat Prize as so many deserved it for effort and sportsmanship.

The LDBL and SBL started off the 2012-13 season with the Marshall Trophy which took a different format this year.

Two mens groups and one ladies group enjoyed an afternoon of badminton by playing in groups with different partners, and getting to know a lot of new faces. The idea was to start the season off with a social afternoon but with a competitive edge.

The overall Mens Winner was Bob Green, Runner up was Josh Ashby.
The overall Ladies Winner was Heather Macfarlane, Runner Up was Nicola Dewhurst.

Thank you to everyone who took part.

Tournaments in 2011/12

Mixed Doubles

Mens Doubles

Juniors

Mixed Doubles Tournament Saturday 3rd March 2012
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre.
A well supported tournament with a very high standard of play. The results were as follows -

Group A
Winners

Hannah McLaren
&
Phil Skinner

Group A
Runners Up

Heather Macfarlane
&
Adrian Yuen

Group B
Winners

Joanne Allen
&
Josh Ashby

Group B
Runners Up

Catherine Duckmanton
&
Brendan Carroll

Group C
Winners

Gerry Metcalfe
&
Rob Newman

Mens Doubles Tournament Saturday 21st January 2012
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre.
A very enjoyable afternoon of extremely high standard badminton with eighteen pairs taking part.

Winners and Runners Up below:

Group A
Winners

Dale Maddox
and
Ben Vranjkovic

Group A
Runners Up

Richard Adams
and
Gary Starling

Group B
Winners

Warik Nazari
and
Raj Balasubramian

Group B
Runners Up
and
Group C Winners

Josh Ashby
and
Phil Kearney

Group C
Runners Up

Luke Bird
and
Wesley Chan

Junior Tournament 2011
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre on 1st October 2011.

The Junior Tournament on Saturday was well supported, with the usual high standard of play and sportsmanship. Thank you to all those who took part and parents for their support.

The Denise Peat prize for overall effort and sportsmanship went to Hee Li Leung.

Junior Tournament 2009
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre on 3rd October 2009.

A very enjoyable afternoon with a record number of entries despite a few last minute withdrawals due to ill health.
The standard of play was very high as was the general sportsmanship. The Denise Peat prize for overall effort and sportsmanship went to Carmen Au.

Results of all the groups below

Girls Group

Winner -
Liana Osbourne

&

Runner Up -
Kirsty Southy

Boys Group A

Winner -
Oliver White

&

Runner Up -
Jon Chan

Boys Group B

Winner -
Peter Bishop

&

Runner Up -
Christian Farrugia

Boys Group C

Winner -
Joseph Osbourne

&

Runner Up -
Ross Jones

Denise Peat Prize Winner

Carmen Au

Tournaments in 2008/09

Marshall Trophy

Mixed Doubles

Mens Doubles

Mens Singles

Juniors

The Marshall Trophy is an end of season inter-league social match with the Letchworth and District Badminton League involving as many of the leagues’ teams as possible.

Won by Stevenage League. See AGM minutes on Documents Page for details.

Mixed Doubles - 7th March 2009
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre.

A very good afternoon of badminton enjoyed by twenty-six couples split into four groups.

An excellent afternoon with a wide range of age and experience. It was good to see five sets of fathers and sons taking part.
All groups were very close needing a count back to "least points against" to decide placings in two of the groups.

Another very successful tournament with a large entry from all four divisions.

Group 1 Winners

Gareth Edmonds

&

Matthew Pocock

Group 1 Runners Up

Phil Skinner

&

Ben Vranjkovic

Group2
Winners

Chris Otyehel

&

Andrew Hobbs

Group 2
Runner Up

Mark Cook

&

Mun Woun Liu

Group 3
Winners

Stuart Barr

&

John Thompson

Group 3
Runners Up

Murray Lawson

&

Thomas Kwok

Mens Singles - 3rd November 2007.
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre

It was a very successful mens singles tournament with participants from all 4 divisions. We were pleased to see so many enthusiastic youngsters with a very high standard of play throughout. Hopefully this will become a regular event in our calendar.

Division 1
Winner
&
Runner Up

Derek Cox (right)
& Matthew Pocock

Division 2 Winner
&
Runner Up

Stuart Elms (right)
& Adrian Yuen

Junior Winner
&
Runner Up

John Elms (right)
& Connor Bambrick

Juniors - 6th October 2007.
Held at Shephall Leisure Centre

The SBL's second Junior Tournament was a great success. The standard of play was very high and all matches played in a very good spirit.
Thank you to all the coaches, parents and helpers on the day.
There were twenty-one boys split into three groups, ages ranging from 10 to 18, and a girls group of five (unfortunately, we had some late drop-outs due to illness).

THE DENISE PEAT PRIZE

won by Renu Dhall (age 15) for her good nature and effort

Girls Group:

Winner:
Natalie Gregson

Runner Up:
Anna Collis

Boys Group A:

Winner - Matthew Purdie

Runner up - David Cox

Boys Group B:

Winner - John Elms

Runner up - Matt Edwards

Boys Group C:

Winner - Jon Warner

Runner Up - Anthony Chai

Tournaments in 2006/07

Juniors

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT 2006

Held at Shephall Leisure Centre 7th October 2006

The SBL's first Junior Tournament was a great success. The standard of play was exceptional but more importantly, the manner in which it was played was a credit to all the players and their coaches.
There were two boys groups: six in group A, eight in group B and a girls group of six.

THE DENISE PEAT PRIZE
was won by Steven Barnes (age 12) for his overall ability, good nature, support of his partners and tireless enthusiasm to keep running all afternoon.